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Opinion: Keep Party Politics Out of Local Government

By Colin Cross, Bob McShee and Tony Rooth Independent Alliance borough councillors “Keep party politics out of local government, keep local government local,” said Cllr Eber Kington of Epsom and…

Ash Aspect: Huge Challenge For Residents’ Association’s New Chairman

By David Reading A friend paid me a visit over Christmas for the first time in five years. As he drove along Ash Lodge Drive he thought he was in…

Effingham Eye: The Nativity Play, Brooklands, Road Fatality and a New Political Group

Chris Dick gives his personal report on Effingham events including: a humorous Living Nativity Play, a classic car rally, various World War II bombs, a fatal accident and the call for more Independent…

Opinion: We Need To Be 100% Free of the European Union

By Christian Holliday Local Leave Campaign Organiser This week Members of Parliament will continue their debate on the Prime Minister’s EU Withdrawal Agreement. Personally, I have many concerns over the…

Opinion: Helping Homeless People in Guildford

This is the fourth article in the “second round” of a series of opinion pieces from the political parties and the Independent councillors who currently form Guildford Borough Council (GBC)…

Opinion: Surrey Hills Should be Designated a National Park

Opinion: Surrey Hills Should be Designated a National Park

This is the fourth article in the “second round” of a series of opinion pieces from the political parties and the Independent councillors who currently form Guildford Borough Council (GBC)…

Opinion: Is the ‘Consumerism Age’ On the Wane?

By Martin Giles When I was five, in 1960, my mother, who had become the main family breadwinner, had made such a success of her small wool and drapery shop…

Effingham Eye: Resignations Leave Space for New Trustees

Chris Dick’s personal view on this month’s Effingham news… Parish Council Meeting Amusingly, or annoyingly, the final Effingham Parish Council (EPC) meeting for 2018 took place against a background of a…

Opinion: The Importance of Women in Politics

This is the third article in the “second round” of a series of opinion pieces from the political parties and the Independent councillors who currently form Guildford Borough Council (GBC)…

Opinion: We Have A Clear Instruction From The People

By Paul Beresford The following was written as a response to Paul Kennedy who wrote an open letter to Sir Paul, the Conservative MP for Mole Valley constituency which covers…